Babylon 5 Station News - July 1997

by Denise Chochrek

-- Denise

New address:

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html

The following schedule is based on the Lurker's Guide. Please check your local listings, as various areas enjoy not being consistent.

Season 4

06/02/97 The Exercise of Vital Powers - Garibaldi meets with Wiliam Edgars (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) on Mars. Lyta and Franklin work together on the frozen telepaths.

06/09/97 The Face of the Enemy - Sheridan's runs into danger on Mars while searching for his father.

06/16/97 Intersections in Real Time - Sheridan faces an inquisitor from Earthdome.

• 10/??/97 Between the Darkness and the Light
• 10/??/97 Endgame
• 10/??/97 Rising Star
• ??/??/?? Sleeping in Light

SPIN-OFFS SET FOR 1998-1999

• Babylon 5: In the Beginning - covers the Earth-Minbari War
• Thirdspace
• The Babylon Project: Crusade - kicks off the spin-off (hopefully)

Heard on the Net

In answer to the favorite question......we still don't know. But the latest news is that an answer will be forth coming in June. Watch the WB page for the latest news.

JMS, the Great Maker, has made history. He is the first person in the history of TV that has singularly written 50 one-hour episodes in a row. Way to go!

Filming has begun on the TNT movie Thirdspace.

The official B5 Fan Club has changed hands. Sandra Bruckner of the Zocalo, and Mike Zmuda of the Centaurian Sentinal will be editing the newsletter. Sandra will also take over the web site. Sandra has done a wonderful job with the Zocalo and I'm sure will do wonders for the ailing fan club. All members who joined before April 1, 1997 will be automatically rolled over to a second year of membership without charge.

Look for To Dream in the City of Sorrows, by Kathryn Drennan to come out in June. This novel is supposed to be cannon, so I'm sure it will be great. Can't find the books? Try Starboods at http://www.hway.net/dreamin/starbooks.htm.

Babylonian Productions will be coming out with a new set of comics, but no date yet.

If you are into models, Revel/Monogram will be releasing the Star Fury Mark I kit on 11/25/97, just in time for the holidays.

Hopefully this fall there will be action figures. Supposedly, Toys R Us has the ordering info, so they shouldn't be to hard to find. They are being created by: Exclusive Toy Products at 310-284-5777.

Here are some URLs when searching for merchandise

• http://ww.bab.com/pegasus/b5merch.html Pegasus Publishing
• http://www.viamall.com/moviemadness/babylon5.html Movie Madness
• http://www.halcyon.com/uncomyn/b5.html#b5 Uncomyn Gifts

• Favorite 1st Season Episode: Babylon Squared
• Favorite 2nd Season Episode: The Coming of Shadows
• Favorite 3rd Season Episode: Z'ha'dum
• Favorite 4th Season Episode: Into the Fire
• Favorite Villain: Bester
• Favorite Character: G'Kar
• Favorite Species: Minbari
• Best Special Effects: Into the Fire
• Best Costume: B5 Command Staff
• Best Ships: Ranger/White Star
• Favorite Guest Star: Walter Koenig

	Mark Marmor

	The Omega Zone

	577 Grand St., Suite 705

	New York, NY 10002

	212-677-9375

	212-255-8612 - fax

Conventions

• ThunderCon 7
• May 30-31, June 1@ Oklahoma City, OK
• Guests include: Richard Biggs
• info: Michael Moery (405) 692-7035
• http://ThunderCon.okc.ok.us

• Seatrek
• June 15-22 @ leaving from Los Angeles sailing to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlam, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (cruise line: Carnival)
• Guests include: Richard Biggs and Jerry Doyle
• info: http://www.scifinetwork.com/startrek/seatrek/seatrek.htm

• Dragon*Con
• June 26-29 @ Atlanta, GA
• Guests include: George Johnsen (who is bringing bloopers), Peter David
• info: Dirk Loedding (770) 623-6321
• http://www.dragoncon.org

• Westercon
• July 3-6 @ Seattle, WA
• Guests include: JMS
• info: P.O. Box 283, Seattle WA 98111

• Toronto Trek XI
• July 18-20 @ Toronto, CAN
• Guests include: Claudia Christian
• info: http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/ttrek

• Stellar Summer Media & Comics Expo
• August 1-3 @ Harvey Hotel-Addison (Dallas, TX suburb)
• Guests: Mira Furlan, Peter David (screenwriter)
• info: http://www.cyberramp.net/~phoenix

• Starquest '97
• August 28 - Sept. 1 @ San Jose, CA (San Jose Red Lion Hotel)
• Guest include: Still working on this one, hoping to have some B5 people.
• info: http://www.starquest.org/

• Sci-Fi Expo
• August 29-31 @ Philadelphia, PA
• Guests include: Bruce Boxleitner
• info: http://www.galacticentertainment.com

• Starcon ‘97
• Sept. 26-28 @ Holiday Inn DIA, Denver, CO
• Guests include: Michael O'Hare
• info: email starland@starland.com

• Rising Star 5
• October 10-12 @ Glenvar High School, just outside of Roanoke, VA
• Guests include Rick Biggs, and maybe Pat Tallman

• FarPoint
• October 10-12 @ Hunt Valley, MD
• Guests include: Mira Furlan
• info: http://www.erols.com/sfcon

• ConRad
• November 21-23 @ Doubletree Suites, Seattle, WA
• Guests include: Patricia Tallman
• info: Deejay Driscoll at 206-745-2700

• Creation Con
• November 29-30 @ Pasadena Center in Pasadena, CA
• Guests include: Bruce Boxleitner, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Jurasik, Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan, Stephen Furst, Jason Carter and Jeff Conway.
• info: http://www.creationent.com

Fan Clubs

I've been running into fan clubs, so I thougt I would post them. If you have others you would like to post, let me know at dcsnowball@earthlink.net.

• The Mira Furlan Fan Club
• http://www.geocities.com/~mira_furlan/

• The Jeff Conaway Fan Club
• 8330 Silvan Wind Lane
• Houston, TX 77040-1412
• CeSpaceMuz@aol.com

• The Patricia Tallman Fan Club
• c/o Broads on the Boards Prods.
• 12828 Victory Blvd., Ste. 334
• N. Hollywood, CA 91606

• DC B5 Fan Club
• contact: Tammy Metz http:www/tjhsst.edu/!tmetz/dcb5/dcb5fc.html

• USS Arcturus
• contact: Myron Rumsey email: arcturus@servtech.com

• Maryland Group (meet in the northern Silver Spring/Gurtonsville area)
• contact: Laura Appelbaum @ maybe@connext.net